Post #1009181
2026-04-02 12:08 UTC
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116334615705963746
US courts recently affirmed that only humans can hold copyright; generated works cannot be owned or licensed by anyone, even if a human directs or makes changes to the work. I assume the current version of Claude source code is heavily generated by previous versions of Claude. Indeed, it would be preposterous to assume otherwise. If correct, then Claude source code became public domain as soon as it was leaked, and it cannot be copyrighted.
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@msb@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-02 13:32
@clayfoot This comment should really be spread to every CEO of tech companies that are pushing AI software development.
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@FluffyBunnikins@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 17:07
@clayfoot I’ve seen some tweets from anthropic saying that ‘Claude Code is 100% Claude Code’. So, yeah…